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Society & culture: general

Paperback. This volume examines the "Amazons", whose existence has been verified via documents and eye-witness accounts from battles for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041089
ISBN
9781849041089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Offers a unique perspective on far right neo-Nazism viewing it as a new form of Western religious heresy Num Pages: 371 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX; JFSV; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731550
ISBN
9780814731550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. This book demonstrates that these two areas of modernity were surprisingly entwined. Num Pages: 392 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; DSB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160979
ISBN
9780691160979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. The first book chosen in Emma Watson's 'Our Shared Shelf Book Club' Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780749204
ISBN
9781780749204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Ranging from simple head scarf to full-body burqa, the veil is worn by vast numbers of Muslim women around the world. What Is Veiling? explains one of the most visible, controversial, and least understood emblems of Islam. Sahar Amer's evenhanded approach is anchored in sharp cultural insight and rich historical context. Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 306 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469632414
ISBN
9781469632414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.88

Paperback. A proven framework for whole-school improvement

The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide for education leaders looking to push their school's and students' achievement to the next level. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119044215
ISBN
9781119044215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Huws, Ursula. Series: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366365
ISBN
9780850366365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. Introduces an area of scientific research: materials science. This book describes how scientists are inventing materials, ranging from synthetic skin, blood, and bone to substances that repair themselves and adapt to their environment, that swell and flex like muscles, that repel any ink or paint, and that capture and store the energy of the Sun. Num Pages: 472 pages, 17 color illus. 61 halftones 83 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; PD; PN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009759
ISBN
9780691009759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Paperback. In 1965, Tom Wolfe famously asked of Marshall McLuhan: "Suppose he is the oracle of the modern times--what if he is right?" Fifty years later, McLuhan's biographer Douglas Coupland, McLuhan's sons, and sixteen scholars explore the ways in which McLuhan's predictions have come true. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773752
ISBN
9780889773752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

Paperback. The second volume of Helen Forrester's powerful, painful and ultimately uplifting four-volume autobiography of her poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the Depression. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; BGA; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180959
ISBN
9780008180959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. This beautiful illustrated book is the result of eight years exhaustive research into the myths, magic and healing power of trees. Num Pages: 368 pages, (b/w illustrations). BIC Classification: JFHF; VXA; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Soft Bound Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780722534083
ISBN
9780722534083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX4; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613736579
ISBN
9781613736579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415827225
ISBN
9780415827225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.34

Paperback. Features folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, this title includes thirty stories from Norfolk that reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people. It is also illustrated with line drawings, that bring alive the landscape of the county's eerie fens and waterways. Series: Folk Tales. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752479422
ISBN
9780752479422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Hardback. By analyzing the cases present in this volume, the editors develop important steps towards a theory of social change that can adequately address the complex realities and intersectionality of identity (race, gender, class, sexuality, nationality) within and among these new movements. Editor(s): Dellacioppa, Kara Z.; Weber, Clare. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFM; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340046
ISBN
9780230340046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. A detailed study of the Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, covering both their military and administrative affairs. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBLC; HBWC; HRC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271818
ISBN
9781783271818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Peru, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English Editor(s): Starn, Orin; Degregori, Carlos Ivan; Kirk, Robin. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 600 pages, 62 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Second Edition, Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336495
ISBN
9780822336495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Fleeing from the Fuhrer Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 248 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961882
ISBN
9780750961882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Set in a New Jersey suburb outside New York City, the author takes us into people's homes; their community meetings, where they debate security gates and school redistricting; and even their cars, to offer an intimate view of the tensions and uncertainties of being middle class at that time. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277755
ISBN
9780520277755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Adair, Daryl; Knijnik, Jorge. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBS; JMH; WSBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935412168
ISBN
9781935412168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Hardback. This book deals with a series of problems associated with the contemporary psychiatric approach to trauma, encapsulated in the diagnostic category of PTSD, by means of a philosophical analysis inspired by the works of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFH; JFM; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137500847
ISBN
9781137500847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.57

Paperback. A new edition of this popular companion to childhood studies. The first edition was adopted heavily in both education and sociology departments, and the authors have made a timely, well-written update. Series: Sage Key Concepts Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446201909
ISBN
9781446201909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardcover. The period 300-600 AD saw huge changes in the Roman Empire. Here, 20 papers by international scholars explore how group identities were established against this shifting background. Themes include religious conversion, Roman law, problems of Jewish identity and what it meant to be Roman. Editor(s): Mitchell, Stephen; Greatex, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 343 pages, illus, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; JFC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715630433
ISBN
9780715630433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.66

Paperback. Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648989
ISBN
9780745648989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.82

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